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Japonia Regnum.

It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. The rare Covens and Mortier issue of this important map of Japan and Korea, originally published by Blaeu. Thi...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J. / DE WIT, F. / COVENS, J. / MORTIER, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1655 - 1720

 


Plan of part of the islands or archipellago of Corea seen in May 1787 by the Boufsole and Astrolabe.

This is a representing the visit of the French Admiral and explorer, le Comte de La Pérouse to Korea in 1786. The tracks of La Perouse are shown.From 'Atlas du Voyage d...

$750 / ≈ €702
Maker / Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J.F.G.
Place & Date: London, 1798

 


Carte la plus generale et qui comprend la Chine, la Tartarie chinoise et le Thibet. . .

With a quite elaborately pictorial cartouche, engraved by G.Kondet. Very detailed map of China, Tibet and Korea.Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Anville (1697-1782), French c...

$2800 / ≈ €2620
Maker / Publisher: D'ANVILLE, J-B.
Place & Date: The Hague, 1737

 


Infanterie Turque (chasseurs). 7 novembre 1837.

Beautiful lithography by Auguste Raffet (1804 -1860 ) and printed by Auguste Bry.

$250 / ≈ €234
Maker / Publisher: RAFFET, A.
Place & Date: Paris, Gihaut frères, 1848

 


Description geographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise . . . du Thibet, & de la Coree. . .

Without the separately published atlas. Lacking 2 plates in vol.2 (Obseques at p.149 and Gin seng at p.180), one plate torn without a loss (vol.1, p.230), d4 vol.1 with a...

$12000 / ≈ €11229
Maker / Publisher: DU HALDE, J.-B.
Place & Date: The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1736

 


Designs for porcelain plate with Chinese design.

In right hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 06502". And the numbers 11.153, 11.154, 11.155. Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux (...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: Gabriel FOURMAINTRAUX / DESVRES
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925

 


Designs for Porcelain ware with Chinese design.

In left hand side "Planche d'aquarelle N° 05501". Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve as guide...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: Gabriel FOURMAINTRAUX / DESVRES
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925

 


Designs for two porcelain bowls with Chinese design.

With numbers 4.601, 4.818. In top "Planche N° d'ordre : 03004.Original design created by the Sevres artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux ( 1886 - ) at about 1910 to serve a...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: Gabriel FOURMAINTRAUX / DESVRES
Place & Date: Desvres, 1905 - 1925

 


Imperii Russici et Tartariae Universae tam majoris Afiaticæ quam minoris et EuropæTabula.

The map is of interest for the use of Mere Orientale Minus Corea for the sea between Korea and Japan.Decorative map covering Russia, Tibet, China, Tartary, Korea, Taiwan ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: HOMANN HEIRS.
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1739

 


Carte des découvertes fautes en 1787 dans les Mers de Chine et de Tartarie par les Frégates Françaises la Boussole et l'Astrolabe. . . ée. Feille.

La Pérouse's important large-scale of Northern Japan, Hokkaido, the Kuriles, the tip of Kamschatka, and the northern part of Korea.Showing the track of Perouse from 27 ...

$1400 / ≈ €1310
Maker / Publisher: LA PÉROUSE, J.F.G
Place & Date: Paris, 1797

 


Punishment of China.

The Chinese way of a punishment from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. Fr...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Punishment of a criminal in China.

Punishment of a criminal in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Feast of China.

A scene of a Chinese dinner feast from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. ...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Funeral in China.

A scene of a funeral in China from Linschoten's famous voyages to the East of 1583-92 here published by De Bry the year after they first appeared as a separate book. From...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Carte du Katay, ou Empire de Kin : pour servir a l'Histoire de Jenghiz Khan, raportée dans l'Histoire generale des voyages, tirée de l'Angloise.

The map is of interest for the use of East Sea, the sea between Korea and Japan, here called "Mer de Corée".Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete ...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750
Selling price: $450
Sold in 2023

 


XIX. Venatio Elephantum in Pegu. [How elephants are caught in Pegu]

How elephants are caught in Pegu. The king of Pegu had a particular method of transporting elephants. He had a great enclosure built of strong wooden posts, with a trap d...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: DE BRY, Th.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1599

 


Nankin [Nanjing, Jiangsu]

Very detailed (1:1.000.000) map showing the area north of Nanjing, Jiangsu. The French Service géographique des armées was founded in 1887 and provided the French milit...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: SERVICE GEOGRAPHIQUE DE L'ARMEE
Place & Date: Paris, 1900

 


The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka.

The narta, or Sledge for burdens in Kamtschatka, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early views depicting scenes encountered while ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


View in the island of Cracatoa.

Early view of the volcano Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), on the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" bei...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


The Fan palm, in the island of Cracatoa.

The Fan palm, on the island of Krakatoa (Indonesian name: Krakatau), in the Sunda Strait, taken from "Views in the South Seas" being a very important and early ...

$800 / ≈ €749
Maker / Publisher: WEBBER, J.
Place & Date: London, Boydell and Co., 1808

 


Recueil de cartes géographiques pour la description de l'Indostan . . .

First French edition, the maps revised by Jean Nicholas Buache.  The English original edition was published in London in 1783 by Brown under the title "Memoir of a ...

$1000 / ≈ €936
Maker / Publisher: RENNELL, J.
Place & Date: Paris, Poignée, an VIII = 1800

 


Asie.

Manuscript map made by miss Marie Demeule, dated Elbeuf 1879. Elbeuf is a town within the Upper Normandy region in France.In the 19th century many students, and quite oft...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: DEMEULE, M.
Place & Date: France, Elbeuf, 1879

 


Nazareth.

Decorative view of Nazareth, below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Rama. [Ramah]

Town plan of Ramah, about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah. Below a decorative cartouche with numbered key and surrounded by 2 cherubins.Taken from a very...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Turckschemoniken die onder den goddelycken. . .

Decorative picture of three dervishes dancers. Their whirling dance, also known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance ...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Via Bethleem. [The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem ]

The route from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Below a lettered key. Taken from a very rare travel book by Anthonius Gonsales, "Hierusalemsche Reyse". The book describe...

$80 / ≈ €75
Maker / Publisher: GONSALES, A
Place & Date: Antwerpen, Michiel Cnobbaert, 1673

 


Carte du Kouy-Tchéou.

Detailed map of Guizhou Province prepared by Mgr. Faurie and other sources supplied by missionaries. Published in "Les Missions Catholique". Engraved by P. Méa...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: FAURIE, Mgr.
Place & Date: Lyon, c.1874

 


Carte du Tche-Kiang. [ Zhejiang province ]

Map of Tche Kiang, prepared by Bishop Edmond-François Guierry, C.M. (Vicar Apostolic of Zhejiang, China) after sources supplied by missionaries. Published in "Les M...

$150 / ≈ €140
Maker / Publisher: GUIERRY, Mgr.
Place & Date: Paris, 1874

 


Chosen Danpan - Korean negotiation.

A scene of a Japanese legation under the command of Hanabusa Yoshitada who is forcing the Korean King Kojong (1852-1919) to agree to Japanese demands during the Chemulpo ...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894

 


KOUSHI NYUJO no Zu - HANABUSA Legation enters in Palace, Seoul.

A scene of Japanese legation HANABUSA who are entering the Royal Palace, Seoul.

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: ANONYMOUS
Place & Date: August 8, MEIJI 27th year or 1894

 


Parte orientale della China.. / Parte occidentale della China. (2 sheets)

The map depicts the eastern part of China with Korea -correctly- as a peninsula. Formosa is included as well. Japan is partly visible i.e. the area of Yamaguchi, strait K...

$7500 / ≈ €7018
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1695

 


Carte de l'Ile de Java.

An inset plan of Batavia and clearly indicated rice fields, mountains, forests, towns in profile and even elephants suggest the wealth of detail found on this map. Modele...

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


L'Empire de la Chine. . .

Detailed map of China, Korea and Taiwan. The large title cartouche is resplendent in the French style with musicians, a dancer, and various accouterments representative o...

$1100 / ≈ €1029
Maker / Publisher: VAUGONDY, R. de
Place & Date: Paris, dated 1750

 


Vue et Description de Quelques-Uns des Principaux Forts des Hollandois dans les Indes .

Interesting sheet with seven detailed views illustrating the most important Dutch V.O.C. trading outposts and fortified colonial possessions in the East Indies, including...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: CHATELAIN, H.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1720

 


Carte générale de L'Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie dressée par Henri Kiepert . . .

Large School wall map of Turkish Empire printed in chromo-lithography. Published by Dieter Reimer and printed by Ferdind Barth in Berlin. This rare map has two insets in ...

$1750 / ≈ €1638
Maker / Publisher: KIEPERT, H.
Place & Date: Berlin, Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, 1867

 


Carta terza Generale del' Asia.

Rare first state of this important chart showing part of the north coast of New Guinea and islands of the Pacific Ocean. To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Ie...

$3500 / ≈ €3275
Maker / Publisher: DUDLEY, R.
Place & Date: Florence, 1646

 


Boluch Bassi Capitaine de Cent Janissaires. (6)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Solachi ou Solacler, Archer Ordinaire de la Garde du Grand Seigneur. (7)

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Iannissaire ou Ianissarler Soudart a Pied de la Garde Ordinaire du Grand Seigneur. (8)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Iannissaire Allant à la Guerre. (9)

Sought-after copper engraved plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by Thoma...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Azamoglan Rustique .(12)

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Peich ou Peider de Nation Persienne Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (13 )

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Habit et Manière ancienne des Peiches ou Laquais du Grand Seigneur. (14)

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Les Yurongnes. (18)

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Torlaqui Religieux Turc. ( 25 )

Sought-after copper engraved plate taken from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs." by...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


(Grand dame Turque. 45)

Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Turkey. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Femme Persienne. (59)

Sought-after copper engraved plate of a woman from Persia. Plate from Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s "L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de c...

$100 / ≈ €94
Maker / Publisher: NICOLAS DE NICOLAY, Thomas Artus (sieur d'Embry).
Place & Date: Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1650

 


Iunan, Queichev, e Quangsi Provincie della Cina. . .

A beautiful map depicting the area of Beijing with decorative title cartouche and scale cartouche. Information about the area at the top of the map.The remarkable Vincenz...

$900 / ≈ €842
Maker / Publisher: CORONELLI, V.M.
Place & Date: Venice, 1690

 


Constantinopolitanae urbis effigies ad vivum expressa, quam Turcae Stampoldam vocant. A° MDCXXXV.

Large, decorative view of the city of Constantinople, with legend across the bottom. It is beautifully engraved with quaint scenes of everyday life, including hunters wit...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: MERIAN, M.
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1635

 


Singapore.

Chart of Southern part of Malaysian peninsular showing good detail on of Singapore. Map with legend and scale.

$1250 / ≈ €1170
Maker / Publisher: War Office.
Place & Date: London, 1944

 


[Map of the Holy Land, including Cyprus]

Attractive full page longitudinal map of Palestine, Syria and Cyprus, cut by Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch. The shore line running from Southern Anatolia to the Nile Delta. ...

$200 / ≈ €187
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basle, 1550-1580

 


Peregrinations divi Pauli Tyrus Corographicus. . .

A beautifully executed and very rare map showing the peregrinations of St. Paul in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean is ornated with two ships and two sea mons...

$2750 / ≈ €2573
Maker / Publisher: HONERVOGT, J.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1640

 


Carte de la coste orientale de la Chine depuis Amoy, jusqu'à Chusan avec une partie de l'Isle Formose [with] Plan du port d'Amoy ou Emouy.

Important French chart of the China Sea with the coast of Northern China, including a large depiction of Formosa.Latitude and longitude scales, compass rose and system of...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: D'APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE.
Place & Date: Paris, Jean-François Robustel, 1745

 


[Manuscript chart on vellum of the Java Sea]

One of the few manuscript charts on vellum in private hands, signed by Isaac de Graaf. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MAP IN RED, GREEN AND BLACK INK showing the Java Sea centered o...

$250000 / ≈ €233930
Maker / Publisher: GRAAF, I.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1743

 


CH'ONHA CHIDO [Atlas of all under Heaven]

The Ch’onha chido [Atlas of all under Heaven] is a late 18th century copy of the traditional Korean atlas produced in the early Choson dynasty (1392-1910). One of the m...

$30000 / ≈ €28072
Maker / Publisher: Anonymous
Place & Date: Korea, ca. 1790

 


Partie de la Chine. N°.74 (Including South Korea)

Covering the Mouth of the Yangtze area in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and southwestern Korea with the island of Quelpart (Jeju-do). Shows explorers' routes, including La Perou...

$550 / ≈ €515
Maker / Publisher: VANDERMAELEN, Ph.
Place & Date: Brussels, 1825-1827

 


Partie de la Chine N°87. (Covers Jiangxi, Fujian and parts of Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei.)

Covers Jiangxi, Fujian and parts of Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei.From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever pr...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: VANDERMAELEN, Ph.
Place & Date: Brussels, 1825-1827

 


Partie de la Chine N°86. (Covers Guizhou and parts of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan.)

Covers Guizhou and parts of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan.From his famous Atlas Universel . This atlas was one of the most remarkable world atlases ever produ...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: VANDERMAELEN, Ph.
Place & Date: Brussels, 1825-1827

 


Karte von dem groessten Theil des Landes Jemen Imame, Kaukeban &c.

Large map of Yemen from "Allgemeiner grosser Atlas" published by P. J. Schalbacher - 1786-1800. Based on the observations of the Danish explorer Carsten Niebuhr...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: SCHRAEMBL, F.A.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1789

 


[Taprobana - Sri Lanka]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Ceylon prepared Martin Waldseemüller.Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "P...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Pakistan, Afghanistan]

Wood block printed Ptolemaic map of the region of present-day Pakistan and part of Afghanistan. Convoluted mountain ranges and river systems dominate the trapezoidal map....

$1200 / ≈ €1123
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Near east with Cyprus]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Near east with Cyprus prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 p...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


.[India]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India prepared by Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in &quo...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


.[Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of Bangladesh, Burma, India, Thailand prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map f...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY, C . / WALDSEEMÜLLER, M. / FRIES, L.
Place & Date: Vienna, Trechsel, G., 1525 -1541

 


[East Asia]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of East Asia and centered on Amenia, prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map fr...

$2200 / ≈ €2059
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


[India and China]

Wood block printed map and one of earliest printed representation of India and China prepared Martin Waldseemüller. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published ...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: PTOLEMY,C ./ TRECHSEL, G.
Place & Date: Vienna, 1525 -1541

 


Het gezandtschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische Compagnie, aan den grooten Tartarischen Cham, Den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China. . .

Third edition of this beautifully illustrated work on China. The first edition was published in 1665.Jan Nieuhof was a "Dutch traveler and adventurer" (1618-72)...

$5500 / ≈ €5146
Maker / Publisher: NIEUHOF, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, W. Waasberge, 1693

 


Mapa De la parte de la Isla Formosa sa perteneciente al Emperadotde la China sacado por Ord. De S.M.

Extremely rare map of the west coast of Taiwan, the Punghu or Pescadore Islands, and the Fokien or Fujian coast of China. Several ancient Taiwanese cities are noted, incl...

$15000 / ≈ €14036
Maker / Publisher: DE LA CONCEPTION, J.
Place & Date: Manilla, Seminario Conciliar, y Real de San Carlos, 1788-1792

 


Xantung, sinarum imperii provincia quatra.

A map of the northern province ‘Xantung’ of China after the Jesuit Martino Martini.Shows the Great Wall and is centered on the Bohai Sea, and the Shandong and Liaonin...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: BLAEU, J.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, ca 1660

 


Costumes des habitans de Manille.

A very beautiful print, showing four elegant figures relaxing in a shady glade, two women recline and two stand chatting.After a design of Duché de Vancy and engraved by...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G.
Place & Date: Paris, 1798

 


Vue de cavite dans la Baie de Manille.

Two boats and passengers with Cavite Philippines in the background as if was seen from Manila Bay in January 1787. After a design of Gaspard Duchè de Vancy and engraved ...

$225 / ≈ €211
Maker / Publisher: LA PEROUSE, J. F. G.
Place & Date: Paris, 1798

 


(Untitled view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople)

Panoramic view from Scutari with a view of Constantinople in the distance, after a design by Johann Schranz. Published by J. Missiriè.

$1500 / ≈ €1404
Maker / Publisher: JACOMME et CIE.
Place & Date: Paris, 1860

 


Map of China.

Showing China, Taiwan and Korea, divided into provinces with the main cities marked. The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Corea, the sea between Korea and Japan, ...

$400 / ≈ €374
Maker / Publisher: NEELE, S. J.
Place & Date: London, 1804

 


Morokoshi Meisho Zue [Illustrated Description of Famous Sites of China].

Published in Osaka, Kawachiya Genhichiro, et al. [8 book sellers], slightly later issue but apparently in Edo period, using all the same woodblocks of original first edit...

$6000 / ≈ €5614
Maker / Publisher: OKADA GYUKUZAN, OKA YUGAKU, OHARA TOYA MINSEI
Place & Date: Osaka, Edo, slightly later than Bunka 3, year of the tiger - 1806

 


A Map of the Environs of Constantinople Drawn from a great number of accurate astronomical & geographical manuscripts and printed documents, by A. Arrowsmith 1801 and 1804.

Arrowsmith’s large and detailed map of the Ottoman Empire and the Black Sea, with Cyprus, Crete and the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Albania, Bosnia and Herz...

$4000 / ≈ €3743
Maker / Publisher: ARROWSMITH,A.
Place & Date: London, No.10 Soho Square, 4th September 1804

 


Tabula Asiae XII (Sri Lanka, with Elephant)

The FIRST edition of Munster's first modern map of Sri Lanka, which appeared in his "Geographia Universalis", first published in 1540. The Geographia was a new ...

$300 / ≈ €281
Maker / Publisher: MÜNSTER, S.
Place & Date: Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1545

 


Carte du Katay ou Empire de Kin. . .

The map is of interest for the use of Mer de Corée for the sea between Korea and Japan .Fine map of Korea and China's Yellow Sea. Complete title in top: Carte du Katay o...

$450 / ≈ €421
Maker / Publisher: BELLIN, J.N.
Place & Date: Paris, 1750

 


Plan de la rade de Macao (chine) Levé d'après les ordres mr. Rocquemaurel.

Very detailed chart of Macao and several of the surrounding Islands, and features numerous depth soundings throughout. Prepared by captain, Gaston de Rocquemaurel. Logo o...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: DEPOT GENERAL DE LA MARINE
Place & Date: Paris, c.1856 / 1863

 


Pascaerte van 't Westelyckste Deel van Oost Indien, van Cabo de Bona Esperanca tot C.Comorin..

An eye-catching chart of the western part of the Indian Ocean and its adjacent coasts of East Africa, Arabia with the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf, Iran, Pakistan and we...

$2000 / ≈ €1871
Maker / Publisher: GOOS, P.
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1666

 


A new & accurate map of Asia, Drawn from the most approved modern maps & charts / by Thos. Bowen.

The map is of interest for the use of Sea of Korea, the sea between Korea and Japan.Detailed map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Persia, Russia, India, China, Japan to Southea...

$600 / ≈ €561
Maker / Publisher: BOWEN, Th.
Place & Date: London, J.Cooke, 1777-1778
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2023